[img]https://i.imgur.com/LXm3xMo.png[/img][hr] [hider=All versions of Sugar][hider=Blathnat ''Sugar'' Balore (RP: Black Fall ver. 2)] [b]Name:[/b] [i]Bláthnat Cassidy Balore[/i] [b]Nickname/Alias/Etc:[/b] [i]Sugar, Little Flower, Princess, Fairy-tale Queen[/i] [b]Gender:[/b] Female [b]Age:[/b] 8 [b]Height:[/b] 3'11ft [b]Weight:[/b] 72 [b]Home District:[/b] Westgate [b][u]Appearance[/u][/b] [b]Hair Color:[/b] Red [b]Eye Color:[/b] Blue [b]Ethnicity:[/b] Irish [b]Physical Appearance:[/b] A fairly young and incredibly cute child. She is short, very thin, and petite. She has a huge pair of thick framed glasses on, a pair that makes her look nerdy. But, easily her most defining feature is her massive head of wavy, wild, red hair. That goes down past her shoulders and flows as she moves. Sugar's other most defining feature is her face full of freckles. It's pretty obvious that she's a ginger. She moves very slowly most of the time, and she sometimes limps. Other times she's full of energy and excited. Moving fast as her little leg can take her. For her weight and height, she's average, just the healthy mix for a girl her age and size. She has a bit of body-fat on her, but it's barely noticeable. Her skin is a fair color, but slightly pale because she doesn't get too much sunlight. However, her skin has plenty of scars from a few notable accidents... But, before I get into those, I should describe yet another defining trait about Sugar. Her right leg is obviously prosthetic, since she lost it in an accident not too long ago. Which is why she doesn't exactly walk right. Everything under the knee has been amputated. This prosthetic is fairly standard in appearance, but Sugar has painted it bright red. She doesn't like talking about it at all. The leg itself is now a stump, there's a clear scar where it's been amputated, but generally the wound has healed. As for other scars/wounds, Sugar also has a few scars on the same leg and upwards towards her lower body. Slashing scars like something had cut her (Glass specifically). Other than that young Blathnat has very rounded and youthful facial features. The true face of a little girl. To get started, she has a rectangle-shaped face. She has large, round, full cheeks that smoothly flow into the rest of her jaw line without looking out of place. She has a tiny chin is so small and unnoticeable, that it disappears into her face. Mixed with her small, round, button nose, it's what makes her face look all cutesy. Sugar has braces, whenever she smiles she flashes these braces. Sugar has very large and rounded ears, usually hidden behind her curly mane. She has a rather large forehead, which butt of jokes at time. [b]Attire:[/b] Being Shannon's little sister has it's benefits! Sugar's style is generally whatever she's in the mood for, which Shannon happily indulges. She's, more often than naught, seen wearing a dress of some sort, usually red. Red being her favorite color, it's only appropriate. Other times she's seen dressed up like a punk, a princess, a biker, a businesswoman and so on. Long as it's nothing too fantastical, Shannon will change her attire appropriately. Oh yeah, Sugar wears a pair of black thick framed glasses. Finally, Sugar is often seen with a large red binder pressed up against her chest. Inside the binder is a collection of various drawings Sugar has made, all neatly organized. She keeps this possession very close to her. [b][u]Personality[/u][/b] [b]Outward & Innate Personality:[/b] A certainly... off girl. She acts very similar to a young child. Going around playing and having fun. People the idea an overactive imagination, one that always lives in a dream world. She would make a bitchin' writer if she got some practice. That said, she always acts like she's a princess going on a fantastic adventure as the hero. Calling everyone she meets something out of a fairy tail. For example, she would call a shady woman a evil witch, or a strong and heroic male a knight. It's all depending on what who she meets. That said, Sugar is innocent as they get, idealistic as a child should be too. She is immeasurably kind, and because she believes herself to be a hero, she tends to help people whenever she can. Which tends to get her in trouble. She's young and incredibly playful, always seeking to find a friend to play with. Though, she tends to shy away from people older than her. Sugar is a coward, and is very quick to be frightened, and more importantly, fears her dream world getting shattered. She avoids everything that would cause her world to be shattered, such as mean people, evils, and mature situations - Her imaginary friend helps. She retreats into this fun fantasy world to escape the real world stresses. The car accident she's been in has deeply affected her, and she'd rather pretend it never happened. She tries her hardest, but the whole experience has kept her up at night. Even thinking about it would cause her to freeze up. The stress shows in her demeanor when she's not acting like a hero. Sugar really has a fear of automobiles, and despises the look of them. There's no way she's ever getting in another car. Sugar also really hates being called by her birth-name, Blathnat. [b]Hobbies/Interests:[/b] As you may have guessed it, Sugar really likes fairy tails, and fantasy in general. She absolutely loves Disney movies. Someone mentions one and she's going to explode in a ball of energy all over them. Sugar also likes playing, exploring, discovering things, and day dreaming/imagining. [b]Skills/Talents:[/b] I couldn't come up with too much in terms of little girl skills, but here I go. Sugar, because of her active-imagination, has been looking into drawing. She's been drawing for quite awhile now, and she's been told that she has a little bit of talent. She's taken a few classes and has gotten beyond scribbles. Sugar has also been taught to play chess and checkers. [b]Prized Possession:[/b] Sugar's notebook full of stories and drawing. [b]Quote(s):[/b] "[i]Oh! Do you want to meet Sir Reginald? Um... He's really shy...[/i]" [b]History/Bio:[/b] Sugar was the first child to be born into the Balore family after O'Connor, father of the Balore family remarried (After the tragic death of his first wife). Sugar was the first bundle of joy to come from his new wife, Cassidy. She was born after the family had moved from New York to Black Fall, living in the Westgate district. That said, Sugar had a pretty good childhood, she was young, she played around with friends, and lived life the best way she could. Since she was young, fairy tales and fantasy stories deeply fascinated her. With her parents supporting this, and it eventually escalated to a worrying level. She was seemingly obsessed with fairy tales, which leaked into everything that she was involved with. Her schoolwork, her home life, and play life. Her parents simply figured that she'd grow out of it and left her to her own devices. When Sugar was five, she was given a young brother, O'Brien. She was initially jealous of the child for taking attention away from her, but she quickly warmed up the boy. However, the person she wanted to connect to the most was her older sister Shannon. Who seemed to be aloof, indifferent to her very existence. Sugar tried her very best to connect to her sister, not succeeding for ages, until Shannon was forced to pay attention to her. After that, Shannon and Sugar became closer, much like sisters should be. Shannon made fancy clothes for Sugar, and Sugar returned the favor in affection. Other than that, there was a slow natural progression of events. Sugar went to school, her obsession with fairy tales never faded. A few months before current times (Which was by the time she was seven), she was at the height of her life. Everything just seemed so perfect. Her younger brother was now two, and already walking and talking (Fragments). However, a few months before her eighth birthday, she learned that she will be getting [i]another[/i] brother, Sean. Sugar was ecstatic that she was going to get a baby brother! Since she loved kids. However, her life took a drastic change after one car ride to the Toys "R" Us with her father one night. At an intersection, a drunk man had run a red light just as Sugar's car was crossing it. The drunk man crashed into the side of the car and sent it sprawling across the intersection into another truck. Sugar got her leg crushed between the door and another car. Her father was knocked out hard enough that he fell unconscious, probably with permanent damage. So Sugar was left alone in a mangled car to bleed to death as she screamed for help. Eventually, she too fell unconscious from severe blood loss and shock. It almost felt like she was dying. However a transparent guardian had appeared, and yanked Sugar out of the mangled vehicle. She was left lying by the side of the car, applying pressure to her wounds, by the time an ambulance came. At that point, the transparent man disappeared. Sugar woke up in the hospital the next morning, surrounded by her family. Thankfully Shannon and her mother had given her an emergency blood donation. The young girl would be in a stable condition, but she couldn't feel her leg... She looked down and learned that, in her unconscious state, her leg was amputated because it was too damaged to possibly repair. This made the young girl hysterical. What didn't help was the fact that her father was sent into a coma from severe injuries and they wouldn't know when he'd wake up. She was given a prosthetic leg and put into physical therapy soon as possible. However, something strange had appeared. What appeared to be a ghost was following her around. At this point, Sugar was frightened by the apparition, but only she could see him, he was invisible to everyone else. They chalked it off to being stressed out from the incident and issued her some psychological therapy as well. Whenever she freaked out, he would disappear - choosing only to reappear when she was alone. When they were alone, no matter how loud she screamed, who she called for help, the phantom refused to leave. Sugar felt like she was hopeless... When the ghost contacted her, for the first time, telling her that he was truly no threat and he was her friend. The entity that saved her from the car accident. Sugar was hesitant to believe the story at first, affixing the Entity to being an evil ghost. But, as they spent time together, playing around and talking, Sugar warmed up to him. In a few weeks, they were calling each other friends. She named it Sir Reginald, and called him a mighty knight. He helped her by getting her objects she was unable to, and sometimes saving her from further injury (Catching her that one time she nearly fell down the stairs). They had learned to rely on each other, and Sugar knew that Reginald was her knight. Everyone believed that she was just too imaginative except for her older sister, Shannon, who had enough experience in the Meta-human department to suspect that the traumatic experience had awakened a new power. Months later, Sugar was officially released from the hospital, and she had taken some time to get used to everything. Having one leg was hard on her, but she made a new friend, so it made it all better. No one believed Sugar when she said she made a new friend, just called Reginald an imaginary friend. It wasn't until Sugar asked Reginald to get an apple was when they knew that she was a Meta-human - except, they pegged her as a telekinetic opposed to having an ability of her own. Months later, and they still do not know of the true aspects of this ability. Except for Shannon who was savvy enough to believe what Sugar said. [b]Family:[/b] Mother - Cassidy Balore Father - O'Connor Balore Brother - O'Brien Balore Brother - Sean Balore Half Sister - Shannon Balore [u][b]Relationships[/b][/u] [b]Shannon Balore[/b] | [b]Great[/b] | [b]Big Sister[/b] | [i]"She's a wizard! She can make clothes just like the Fairy Godmother!"[/i] | [b]Deborah Javuant[/b] | [b]Good[/b] | [b]Princess[/b] | [i]"Big sister's friend. She's really smart and always knows stuff I didn't know about. I think she's a Wizard too. Reginald tells me that I can trust her."[/i] | [b]Aisha "Newt" Javuant[/b] | [b]Neutral[/b] | [b]Houdini[/b] | [i]"Ooooooh, she can disappear! That's so cool! Reginald tells me where she is, but it's still cool!"[/i] | [b]Jago Javuant[/b] | [b]Neutral[/b] | [b]Dumb Knight[/b] | [i]"In my stories, he'd be the guy who goes on the adventures with the hero, and is the dumb tough guy."[/i] | [b]Henry Olin[/b] | [b]Feared[/b] | [b]Dragon[/b] | [i]"He’s.... Scary. He looks like the evil dragons in my stories… I hate it when he comes around. He starts talking about strange things, and telling me I’m things I’m not."[/i] | [b][u]Abilities[/u][/b] [b]Power Class & Rating:[/b] Cerebral 8 [b]Power:[/b] [i]Imaginary Friend.[/i] Sugar has an invisible psychic entity following her and fulfilling her every wish. This entity is what she calls "Sir Reginald" and has the appearance of a transparent and featureless man, with only his outline visible. Reginald is far taller than Sugar is, standing tall at least ten feet - but he can shrink. However, while "inactive", Reginald is normally invisible (And untouchable to everyone but Sugar) to all but those with Cerebral powers can vaguely see him. He can, however, make himself visible at will, or when he interacts with someone, uses his telekinesis - or otherwise becomes "active". It is believed that Reginald is nothing more than a localized telekinetic field with Sugar subconsciously controlling him. Reginald has some degree of sentience, he displays intelligence, but he (seemingly) never communicates with anyone but Sugar. He carries out any of Sugar's wishes with near-human levels of intelligence, but when inactive, he merely hovers around Sugar. As I stated before, Reginald does whatever Sugar asks him to do, using all of his abilities combined. He can separate from her and for example, float across the room and grab something Sugar wants. During the aforementioned example, he'll be invisible and it will look like the object floated towards her. Which gives everyone the idea that her power is telekinetic in nature (Which is correct in it's own way) since Reginald never reveals himself. Reginald is fully benevolent and he only has Sugar's best interests in mind. Now, what are the special things Reginald do? Reginald has a powerful form of telekinesis. He can move even the heaviest of all objects with sheer willpower. This is also an extension of his telekinetic abilities, but Reginald is immeasurably strong. He can shatter stone with a single punch, and lift up cars - when he lifts objects up, they don't break under their own weight since he holds it together by wrapping a telekinetic field of his own around it. Reginald also has minor/weak telepathic abilities, which is how he communicates with Sugar. He can also read the thoughts of those around him, and transmit it to Sugar if he pleases. Usually he tells her about the people in the room, and who to watch out for. Reginald [i]can[/i] send messages to other people, but he rarely does so unless he wants to send a message. Another perk of these Telepathic abilities is that Sir Reginald can guard her from other Cerebral-types of the sort. Mainly the type that can enter her mind. At will, Reginald can disappear into Sugar's mind and go dormant, until he's ready to come back - matter of fact, he has three states. Active (When visible), Inactive (When invisible) and dormant (Recovering in Sugar's mind). This ability is something that is new to her - in fact, she isn't even sure she's a meta herself. But, as she and her familiar synchronize, they will form a deeper bond, and she will gain some of his abilities. Specifically a weaker form of telekinesis and telepathy. [b]Weaknesses/Drawbacks:[/b] While Reginald is a powerful entity of his own, he has a few drawbacks. Know all that fancy stuff like the telekinesis and the strength? It's mentally linked to Sugar, and they haven't quite synchronized yet. Reginald using his telekinesis causes Sugar strain and injury. Simply moving an object telekinetically will give her a brief headache, and say tossing a bus into the upper stratosphere would cause her some immense damage, and might kill her via ashing. Which is exactly why he sticks to the simple stuff, and remains dormant to conserve energy, and keep Sugar protected. However, as Sugar grows as a person, she can lessen this and go in sync with Sir Reginald. Eventually he'll be able to use his telekinesis and strength without harming Sugar. Reginald can be touched while visible, and, by that extent, damaged. While he's sturdier than a human being, he can be damaged, and can be destroyed. Once destroyed, he will retreat back into Sugar's brain until he's fully repaired. He cannot regenerate on his own either, he'll have to return to Sugar's mind to heal even slight damage. He cannot fight other Cerebral types as effectively as anyone else. Reginald can't use all of his abilities at once, he can't keep Sugar in her fantasy land while stopping a bus from flying at them. He has to do one thing at a time. His telekinesis only applies to solid/physical objects. In regards to human beings, there’s a few restrictions on his telekinesis. They don’t function as well on people as they do. He can’t telekinetically rip someone apart for example, but he can still move them around. But, the only thing is that people can resist his telekinetic influence on them. Reginald has Sugar's best interests in mind, and thus, he thinks about her before himself. Instead of counterattacking, he will be more focused on protecting Sugar, even if it'll leave himself open. Say if she got into a fight with two guys (Who would try to beat up a little girl? You fucking heartless bastard); and while Reginald is throwing something at Mook A, Mook B throws a brick at Sugar; he'll drop everything to defend her, leaving himself open to be taken out by Mook A. It can be taken advantage of by a savvy opponent. Or he might just forgo the fight altogether and just get Sugar out of there. Reginald only fights if there's no choice, and [i]only[/i] to defend Sugar, even then, he'd rather send a message than kill someone. Whenever Sugar falls asleep/unconscious, Reginald will go dormant until she wakes up. Another major weakness is that, while Sugar can give him orders, she doesn't have complete control over him. He does everything above, and in order to use that power she has to ask him first. Otherwise, he'll remain dormant and hover over Sugar. Say if a friend has been attacked by a monster, she'll have to ask him - of course she'll likely be too terrified to ask him, but yeah. However, he will act to protect Sugar, even if it goes against her wishes. [b][u]Other:[/u][/b] Sugar isn't fully aware of her ability - she still believes that she is a normal girl instead of a meta-human in command of a powerful entity. By that extent, NEST does not know Sir Reginald even exists - they have deemed it a figment of her overactive imagination. They believe that she is a low-level telekinetic and telepath and graded her an incorrect 3 rather an eight. [youtube]FdbYkb1_OeA[/youtube] [/hider] [hider=Blathnat ''Sugar'' Balore (RP: Corrigan Academy of whatever)][center][img]https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/14/b1/0f/14b10f72a3612c79cbfc232d45b0d5df.jpg[/img][/center] [B]| [I]NAME:[/I] |[/B] [INDENT][i]Bláthnat Cassidy Balore[/i] (But if you call her anything other than [i]Sugar,[/i] she will punch your dick in)[/INDENT] [B]| [I]ALIAS:[/I] |[/B] [INDENT][i]Fairy-tale Queen[/i][/INDENT] [B]| [I]AGE:[/I] |[/B] [INDENT]17[/INDENT] [B]| [I]ABILITIES/SKILLS/EQUIPMENT:[/I] |[/B] [i]Imaginary Friend.[/i] [INDENT]Sugar was always the type that had an imagination. She created plenty of Imaginary Friends in her lifetime, dashing them all away as she got older. Little did she know, her Gift created another friend. Something is following Sugar. The manifestation of her Gift has created a psychic entity that follows Sugar around. She affectionately named it "Sir Reginald". This Entity follows all of Sugar's commands telepathically. It is invisible to all humans - Except for those with similar psychic abilities. They see a transparent, featureless, human male of a more muscular build, standing at least ten feet tall. He floats around Sugar, and he has the ability to travel long distances away from her. Sir Reginald is intangible - however, the correct term would be "Psycho-Tangible". While he can phase through walls and other solid objects, Sir-Reginald can selectively interacting with the world, using a form of telekinesis. So, if Sugar asks him to grab a phone from halfway across the room, he can float over there and grab it. If Sugar wants Sir Reginald to unlock a door, he can float to the other side of the room and flip the lock. Simple as that! However, if Sir-Reginald interacts with a human being, he will become visible (Visible as his above description would entail). Now, what are the special things Reginald do? Reginald has a powerful form of telekinesis. He can move even the heaviest of all objects with sheer willpower. And do the basic things that you can do with telekinesis. Along with the advance tricks. He's incredibly powerful, capable of lifting ten tons telekinetically. Sir Reginald is fairly strong too. He can lift up fifteen tons, and punch a car in half. Finally, Sir Reginald communicates with Sugar using a telepathic link, whatever Sugar thinks, Sir Reginald can hear it. Which makes relaying orders surprisingly simple. Sir Reginald can also exert his mental will onto other people, reading their thoughts, and relaying Sugar's thoughts to them. His telepathic abilities are nowhere near as strong as his telekinetic. Sir-Reginald is also capable of guarding Sugar from other mental intrusions.[/INDENT] [B]| [I]LIMITATIONS AND WEAKNESSES:[/I] |[/B] [INDENT] While Reginald is a powerful entity of his own, he has a few drawbacks. Know all that fancy stuff like the telekinesis and the strength? It's mentally linked to Sugar, and they haven't quite synchronized yet. Reginald using his telekinesis causes Sugar strain and injury. Simply moving an object telekinetically will give her a brief headache, and say tossing a bus into the upper stratosphere would cause her some immense damage, and might kill her via ashing. Which is exactly why he sticks to the simple stuff, and remains dormant to conserve energy, and keep Sugar protected. However, as Sugar grows as a person, she can lessen this and go in sync with Sir Reginald. Eventually he'll be able to use his telekinesis and strength without harming Sugar. Reginald can be touched while visible, and, by that extent, damaged. While he's sturdier than a human being, he can be damaged, and can be destroyed. Once destroyed, he will retreat back into Sugar's brain until he's fully repaired. He cannot regenerate on his own either, he'll have to return to Sugar's mind to heal even slight damage. He cannot fight other Cerebral types as effectively as anyone else. Reginald can't use all of his abilities at once, he can't keep Sugar in her fantasy land while stopping a bus from flying at them. He has to do one thing at a time. His telekinesis only applies to solid/physical objects. In regards to human beings, there’s a few restrictions on his telekinesis. They don’t function as well on people as they do. He can’t telekinetically rip someone apart for example, but he can still move them around. But, the only thing is that people can resist his telekinetic influence on them. Reginald has Sugar's best interests in mind, and thus, he thinks about her before himself. Instead of counterattacking, he will be more focused on protecting Sugar, even if it'll leave himself open. Say if she got into a fight with two guys (Who would try to beat up a little girl? You fucking heartless bastard); and while Reginald is throwing something at Mook A, Mook B throws a brick at Sugar; he'll drop everything to defend her, leaving himself open to be taken out by Mook A. It can be taken advantage of by a savvy opponent. Or he might just forgo the fight altogether and just get Sugar out of there. Reginald only fights if there's no choice, and [i]only[/i] to defend Sugar, even then, he'd rather send a message than kill someone. Whenever Sugar falls asleep/unconscious, Reginald will go dormant until she wakes up. Another major weakness is that, while Sugar can give him orders, she doesn't have complete control over him. He does everything above, and in order to use that power she has to ask him first. Otherwise, he'll remain dormant and hover over Sugar. Say if a friend has been attacked by a monster, she'll have to ask him - of course she'll likely be too terrified to ask him, but yeah. However, he will act to protect Sugar, even if it goes against her wishes. [/INDENT] [b]| [i]SAMPLE POST:[/i] |[/b] [INDENT]... I'll get around to this.[/INDENT] [b]| [i]NOTES:[/i] |[/b] [indent][list] [*]Sugar's lost her leg in an car accident that she got into when she was eight. Her prosthetic leg looks like [url=http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/home-and-garden/design/article21368637.ece/BINARY/w940/image.jpg]this[/url] [*]Due to an early childhood dabbling with such skills, Sugar is exceptionally good at drawing and writing. It stems from her over-imaginative nature. She would go crazy if she went too long without drawing! [*]Sugar has an [i]immense[/i] fear of automobiles, she simply won't get in one or she'll be [url=http://i3.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/915/822/7b2.jpg]triggered[/url]. [*]Making a pirate joke about her will certainly send her into a fit of Irish rage! Also mentioning her true name will piss her off. [*]Oh yeah, she's Irish. [*]Sugar keeps Sir-Reginald a secret. She tells everyone, save for the staff, that she's merely a telekinetic/telepath. [/list][/indent][/hider][/hider] [hider=Shannon Balore (RP: Black Fall ver. 2)][u][b]Basic Information[/b][/u] [b]Name:[/b] [i]Shannon Jacqueline Balore[/i] [b]Nickname/Alias/Etc:[/b] [i]Silkworm[/i] [b]Gender:[/b] Female [b]Age:[/b] 22 [b]Height:[/b] 5'6ft [b]Weight:[/b] 147lb [b]Home District:[/b] Westgate [b][u]Appearance[/u][/b] [b]Hair Color:[/b] Red [b]Eye Color:[/b] Blue [b]Ethnicity:[/b] Irish and Israeli [b]Physical Appearance:[/b] Shannon has the appearance of a Librarian, or a very nerdy girl. Shannon right off the bat doesn't make herself appear like the most receptive person out there. She either gives off an aura of apathy or temper. She doesn't like people, and she tries to make herself look unapproachable so she doesn't have to deal with them. Her movements are slow and controlled, hangs swinging back and forth gently as she moves. She doesn't move a lot if she doesn't have to, and likes to remain still as possible. Her most prominent feature is her red ginger hair, which is wavy, messy, and hangs back length, sometimes resting on her shoulders, or lying on her front. Not kept in a particular style, but she keeps this hair very well maintained. It's an effort, but it pays off in how clean it is. But, it gives everyone who looks at her the idea that she's Irish right off the bat - Which is true to an extent. Shannon is Caucasian, specifically Irish [i]and[/i] Israeli. Not that anyone would be able to tell exactly from a look. What supports this is the fact that Shannon is absolutely covered in dark freckles. The most people will see is the freckles on her face (Around her cheeks, nose - yeah, that area), but the rest of her body has plenty of freckles too. Her skin more or less has a freckled texture. As for Shannon's skin, she clearly has the appearance of someone who doesn't get too much sunlight as her skin is pale somewhat. Contributing to the theory that she doesn't do too much physical work is her general build and frame. She has the look of someone who seldom does any real physical activity and never lifted anything heavy in her life. I cannot say that Shannon is a skinny girl. She's a little on the pudgy side, not morbidly obese, but she has body fat packed in her stomach and limbs. Her body shape would have to be apple-shaped overall - few would really notice it due to the dress she wears accentuating her other features and making the best of her body shape. Because of her extra-weight, she has a bit mass in her feminine parts. Her breasts sag a bit however. Shannon herself has gotten one tattoo in her life. Usually in places that are hidden under her clothes. On the upper part of her chest, right above her breast, there is a tattoo of three flowers covered in a mass of leaves and vines. She has plenty of blemishes, stretch marks, and her face has a few pimples here and there. She hasn't done in life to warrant more than a few scars, so she doesn't have too many scars. There's a small scar on her right cheek from the one time she fell over. Shannon's face is square shaped, and her facial features are rather rounded. It all starts with her rather full cheeks, they are notably large, but they are rather round. Her nose is large, thick, and quite rounded in terms of the nostrils. It sticks out forward somewhat. Shannon has a small mouth, but she has rather big lips that have that feminine thickness to them. She has a medium sized forehead. Her eyes are medium sized, round, and usually have a sharp glare to them. Shannon's ears are medium sized and very round. [b]Attire:[/b] Shannon prefers to dress heavily, and comfortably, with loose clothes that don't stick to her in the slightest. However, her outfit tends to be brightly colored or flashy. She can make her own clothes, and what she makes tends to be on par with designer clothes. Clothes with beautiful patterns, embroidered with pictures, anything that she thinks is fabulous. It gives people the impression that she is a rich girl. She likes to wear jewelry, like bracelets, and rings, usually this is the cheap, dollar-store, brand of jewelry. Then, of course, there's her wide variety of thick-framed glasses. She either wears round, and more squarish glasses. [b][u]Personality[/u][/b] [b]Outward & Innate Personality:[/b] Shannon a bit of an asshole, yes. People who come across her tend to find out that she's quite the bitter young woman. She's quick to dislike people, and is very quick to let them know that. Her attitude has earned her quite the reputation, and usually earns her more enemies than anything. It isn't something that bothers her that much due to her general disdain for a majority of humankind. Because she's her own brand of anti-social. Though, she does have a soft, sensitive, side that she shows to a select few. Shannon is incredibly cynical, jaded, and pessimistic. She rarely sees the good in things, and always thinks that nobody is nice "just because they are". She's very intelligent and observant. She tends to think things through well, she's good at making educated guesses, going off all the information she has. She's accurate most of the time. Though she has a habit of over thinking when she needs to act. To say the least, she always has her guard up at all times. In conversation, she is very snarky, sassy, and doesn't shy away from giving her opinion at every possible moment. She tends to have the belief that every person she meets is an idiot, until proven otherwise, that is. She tends come off as condescending, stuck, and like she has a superiority complex. She has plenty of views on current "issues" like LGBT rights, the various wars going on, and the headline stories. However, she is very passionate about her views, and won't hesitate to argue with people who have different views. One thing people learn about Shannon is that, in arguments, she's stubborn as all hell and will rarely see things differently. In truth, Shannon generally likes to appear as if she's a super intelligent. Not hesitating to spot information, say big words, and generally acting smarter than everyone else. She tries hard to look like she's clever, when she really isn't as clever as she thinks. This has caused her a bit of problems when she messes up. She's very protective of the people she cares about. Friends, family, etc, she treats. Shannon has a bit of a temper, a very short one. When people annoy/aggravate her, even in the slightest, she tends to make it known that she doesn't like them. Because, in her eyes, she's not here to make friends with everyone, and if you're arrogant, or an asshole, then you're obviously not worth her time. She'll cut all ties with people she dislikes fast as possible, and never give them a second thought. Sexuality-wise, Shannon is a lesbian, and she's proud, however she keeps it to herself and lets everyone (annoyingly enough) assume that she's straight. [b]Hobbies/Interests:[/b] Fashion, fashion, fashion. It might come as a given because of her power, but Shannon is a fashionista. She seems to always know what the best outfits are, and who has the best tastes. It's just because of her love of high fashion. She also likes books, writing, and poetry - She does indulge herself in some writing in her free times. But her favorite would have to be classical literature. Shannon also likes media - her favorite genre would be crime and mystery, like Law & Order. She also watches some cartoons (Like Disney movies) sometimes. Sometimes meaning when no one is looking. Shannon is a fan of ancient History, and Greek, Roman, Egyptian, and so on, cultures. [b]Skills/Talents:[/b] Skills? Well, as it was stated above (And below), Shannon is rather intelligent because she was pushed towards academics. She knows quite a bit, mostly in the vocabulary fields. A particular skill that she has picked up is that she has the sharp eye of a detective. Both of these put together is why she fancies calling herself a detective. Shannon was also pushed into learning other languages. She picked the one that interested her the most, French. She has participated in quite a few French classes. Before her mother died, Shannon was also taught a bit of Hebrew - Not enough that she could maintain a conversation. Finally, Shannon is good at Chess (and Checkers somewhat). Not that she finds too many people to play with. [b]Prized Possession:[/b] There is no item that Shannon truly treasures. [b]Quote:[/b] [i]"Oh, you're mad? Sorry that you couldn't match me in wits and had to resort to violence."[/i] [b]History/Bio:[/b] Shannon was born to a rather good life. Being the bastard daughter of her father O'Connor Balore, and her mother Avigail Durtang, whom quickly got married a few months after she was born. They each had rather modest jobs that granted her family with plenty of money to support them, and eventually indulge them in their hobbies - But they weren't rich. So in a way, Shannon lived in the upper-middle class. Nice house, plenty of nice people to be around, and everything was nice and dandy. Shannon was sent to school aiming to be above average. Her parents nurtured this growth in intelligence after and before school, but they didn't push her too far. It was just an activity they made her do so their daughter was. They tried to make it seem less of work, and more of something fun, and it quickly became something Shannon showed off to other kids - Something that made her better than them. This is how Shannon got rather close to her parents. While getting close to a teacher of hers named Reagan Boyer, whom her parents were friends with. Even after she left kindergarten, she continued to talk to him, and was someone she strives to be, the smartest person she knew. There isn't much else to say about Shannon's early life other than she continued to grow and mature. However, at the age of six, her powers had developed, or rather, she had discovered them. She was in the middle of a birthday party for the child of one of her father's Co-workers, and she had gotten into a small scuffle with a rather aggressive boy. Who targeted her merely because she had red hair, and tried to pull it out. Shannon freaked out, and every piece of fabric in a good twenty foot radius had been warped and twisted into rather twisted constructs. Shannon and the boy's clothes were destroyed completely, leaving them both nude. Her parents had hauled them out. Not a soul knew what the hell happened, there was enough evidence to connect Shannon to it as everyone else. However, after that, Shannon discovered that she had an affinity with fabrics. It wasn't anything special, she noticed that fabrics moved to her rhythm. She experimented a bit, and realized that it was all out control over fabrics. She could move them like the traditional elemental type. Shannon came to her parents with this news, and they honestly didn't renounce her or deem her a "freak". They were not oblivious to the world of Meta-humans, and accepted their daughter for what she truly is. But they highly recommended that she uses this power behind closed doors, just out of fear of the people who didn't understand it. So it became a bit of a hobby of hers, along with the rest of her activities, training this ability to it's fullest extent. Learning the ins and outs of this ability, and becoming a master seamstress by default. She occasionally went to her old teacher Reagan for advice, who was a Meta-human himself (Ceramic Manipulation), and the only other. He taught her a few things, gave her a few pointers. He told Shannon that she could come up with some very creative uses with her power. All she had to do was think outside the box. Reagan acted as a mentor-figure for Shannon's training. Along with teaching her a few moves of his own that could be translated from ceramic to clothing. Life was going rather smoothly for Shannon. By the time she was nine, she had gotten quite a grasp on her power. She had already learned how to create outfits in a few minutes, and had expanded her control beyond just fabrics. She strived to improve this power even further, and she gotten plenty of opportunities to do so by simple practices such as repairing an outfit, to changing an outfit all together. Just chalking it all up to her being very good with a needle. Personally, she didn't want to participate in sports, and rather focused on her school work and training her power. Though, while in school, she wasn't the type to get along with people that well. She was already quite condescending towards virtually everyone. Shannon had already gotten the firm belief that most people were simply not worth her time, or too much of a mouth breather that they were beyond saving. But her intelligence was something that made other people think she was a simple stepping stone. They made her think she was their friend, only to reveal they only wanted to use her to cheat at tests and ease their way through school. This was simply a catalyst for her belief that everyone wants something, and made her more distant from other people. She made few friends that shared similar beliefs to her. But her life had changed drastically by the time she was ten. Shannon came home one day, and found her father drinking heavily, crying with his face in his hands. She learned what had happened while she was at school... Reagan had brutally raped and killed Shannon's mother - Apparently having harbored an obsessive desire over Shannon's mother. Using the information he had gotten from Shannon to learn about when and where she'll be, and when no one would be around to. Shannon couldn't possibly understand what happened, and went into a state of shock... Just locking herself into her own room, and never wanting to come out. She was horribly depressed, her entire world had collapsed in on itself. She just couldn't handle it anymore. This was a catalyst for her cynical attitude. One of the people she could trust most used that against her, and killed the one person she was close to. She had gotten the mindset that everyone wants something, no one is truly "nice", and always had something sneaky. It felt like days before Shannon left her room. Shannon's father went to alcohol in order to cope, he honestly couldn't help his daughter. He got an addiction, but learned of how far he's fallen. He needed to be alone while he suffered. There was only one thing he could do; send her away. He had a friend over in a city called Black Fall, Jacob Javuant, easily his closest friend whom he would do anything for. Black Fall was an unfamiliar city to O'Connor, but he knew of how it was a hot spot for Meta-humans, he knew Shannon would fit in fine. Her father sent Shannon away on a bus to Black Fall, regardless of her protests. Eventually she gave up and accepted it. Mother killed, and sent away when she truly wanted to be close to her father was not a good combination for the rather unstable Shannon. In Black Fall, Shannon lived in Westgate for what amounted to be a year. The Javuant household lived in a pretty nice house, and they had little kids to stay with (Young Jago and Newt). But Shannon kept herself distant, on many levels. She had no interest in connecting with anyone, or even [i]living[/i]. No matter how hard anyone tried. Until she had met her room mate, Deborah Javuant, a girl that was almost the same age as her. Deborah understood her thoughts, knew how she felt, and tried to help her, only to get pushed away by Shannon. Whom automatically assumed she had some ulterior motive. But Deborah was persistent, since she legitimately wanted to help the scorned girl. It worked, Deborah was the only person whom Shannon knew in this alien place, she had no choice but to stick with her. Over time, she had opened herself up to Deborah, and the girl acted as the therapist that Shannon had never gotten. Being the person who's shoulder Shannon cried on. Telling someone how she felt, and releasing all those bottled up emotions felt great. The two young girls connected on a deep level, they became friends fast, and Shannon stopped keeping herself closed off from the world. That said, life went on as it normally did. Shannon wasn't as pushed into academics as she normally was, but she was still dedicated to school as anyone. After they took a decline, Shannon worked her butt off getting them back up. She figured that it wasn't the end of the world after her mother died, and was making the path to recovery. With the help of Deborah, whom over the months, she was getting very connected to. Hell, Shannon was even developing feelings for the girl - Which she had kept repressed because she was rather unsure of them herself and still had the notion that she [i]have[/i] to be hetero-sexual in her head. But no matter how hard she tried to repress them, she knew that they were there, and getting stronger. But before she had the chance to explore these feelings, Shannon's father came straight to Black Fall, one year later, to get her daughter back. At this point, Shannon was eleven years old. But, she guessed all good things must come to an end. Her opinion of her father had severely degraded, to the point where she downright hated him, not saying a word to him - He had improved too, and respected her enough to give her space. She went back home, and what was easily the most surprising change was the fact that her father had met another woman, Cassidy Belmont, and were expecting a child. They were going to start a family, and her father wanted Shannon there. In all actuality, this made the girl furious, and she rejected her father even more now. Feeling as if he had betrayed her and her feelings. Fortunately, in the meantime, she had kept in touch with Deborah, they had talked to each other over the phone. However, fate pushed the two together when her father announced that they were moving to Black Fall where they will get married after their first child was born. Shannon was excited to learn that she would be close to her only friend. In a few months, they had moved to a nice spot in West Gate suburbs. (Mostly) Free of crime and the perfect place to raise a new family. A few months later, this new child, named Blathnat Balore - Also known as Sugar. But her very existence made Shannon feel worse about herself. She knew that she was a relic of a life that was long gone, and it would only be a matter of time before she's discarded. Her fears never came true. That said, months after that Cassidy was married into the Balore family. That said, the next few years were rather unremarkable. Yes, Shannon excelled with her school and her powers. At this point she was seventeen and had (mostly) gotten over the death of her mother. She hadn't gotten close to her sister, nor did she really like it when she got another brother. However, she had warmed up to Sugar after realizing how needlessly heartless and paranoid she was being. The girl was adorable, and she was a great way to practice her power. Making dresses and other outfits for the toddler. However, this was when Shannon and Deborah were closer than ever. They were best friends, but Shannon was on the end of a one sided crush. Shannon just couldn't take it anymore and she just awkwardly confessed her love to her best friend. As bad as Shannon thought it'd be, Deborah returned those feelings happily, having long known about them. However, Shannon nor Deborah's parents would approve of such a relationship. That was the point where they kept it a secret, and did romantic acts behind closed doors. That said, Shannon's life became far better. She graduated High-school not too long later. Fast forward a few years, a few months before current events, when Shannon was just about to turn twenty, tragedy struck the Balore family when Sugar, and her father got into a car accident and were rushed to the hospital. Sugar had to get her leg cut off, and Shannon didn't hesitate to donate blood for her injured sister. Unfortunately, her father wasn't so lucky, while he didn't die, he was placed into a coma. Which put a tight hold on the Balore family's income. Shannon had to drop out of school for a while to keep the house afloat by using her power as a service, and making fancy clothes for whoever had the money to pay - but fortunately the Balore family got help from the Javuants. During this period, Shannon had noticed Sugar was acting strange. Like she made an imaginary friend, at that old of an age. With some other strange occurrence, Shannon had heavily suspected that her little sister was a meta-human - Which was all but confirmed when Sugar demonstrated her ability. Shannon turned twenty-one and her father was still in a coma, with her family barely getting by. [b]Family:[/b] Mother - Avigail Balore (Deceased) Father - O'Connor Balore (Comatose) Stepmother - Cassidy Balore Brother - O'Brien Balore Brother - Sean Balore Sister - Blathnat Balore [u][b]Relationships[/b][/u] [b]Deborah Javuant[/b] | [b]Perfect[/b] | [b]Secret lover[/b] | [i]"It might seem strange since she is my complete opposite… but yes, Debs is my girlfriend, indeed. We have so many excursions together when no one is looking... but the problem is that my family can't know about our relationship, neither can her family... They are too homophobic... I can only hope I can make them understand this is who I am."[/i] | [b]Blathnat "Sugar" Balore[/b] | [b]Warming up to[/b] | [b]Younger-Sister[/b] | [i]"I had to warm up to her, but I personally think she's cute... I'm just worried about anyone angering her "imaginary friend"...."[/i] | [b]Jago Javuant[/b] | [b]Neutral[/b] | [b]Debby's Brother[/b] | [i]"This kid's on the road to being just another egotistical swine, just the same as everyone else here... I hope Debby knows what she's doing."[/i] | [b]Aisha "Newt" Javuant[/b] | [b]Bad[/b] | [b]Debby's Sister[/b] | [i]"A young pain in the ass if you ask me...."[/i] | [b]Henry Olin[/b] | [b]Bad[/b] | [b]NEST Dog/Irrelevant[/b] | [i]"Sure, he appears to be an obedient pup. Sure everyone likes him.... But I want everyone to take a step back and wonder what he’d be like if he wasn’t leashed..."[/i] | [b]Karlie Davis[/b] | [b]Neutral[/b] | [b]Acquaintance[/b] | [i]"Yet another person who I met through Deebs. She isn't the person I wish to associate myself with, but she tries so damn hard that I had to warm up to her a little... I know our powers are related in a way, and the two of us can easily work together... Or I can easily disarm her."[/i] | [b][u]Abilities[/u][/b] [b]Power Class & Rating:[/b] Elemental 6 [b]Power:[/b] [i]Clothing Manipulation.[/i] Alright, here's the 4-1-1, Shannon has the power to manipulate clothing, or more accurately, the materials they're comprised of. To start off, this gives her to ability to manipulate all fibers/fabrics (wool, silk, cotton, etc), denim, nylons, polyester, rayon, flannel, leather, feather down, linen, and spandex. These materials are what she can control the best. She can freely move it telekinetically with exceptional precision, and control - along with being able to move large quantities if she pleases. The most obvious use is that she can weave pretty much anything she can imagine out of these flexible materials. Clothes, weapons, barriers - you name it. But a major side-ability she has is that she can alter these materials properties (Absorbency, texture, weight/density, color, and structure). Shannon can also control the tensile strength of these materials. Tensile strength is more or less how much stress these materials can withstand before snapping. Thus, Shannon can alter that. She can give a single thread the strength of diamonds, or make any outfit bullet-resistant (Not proof, since they can't absorb the impact of the bullets). Which gives Shannon much, much, more flexibility with her power. There are other materials Shannon can control: Small quantities of metal (At least four forks worth), plastic, rubber, and latex. However, she cannot control these materials that well, and can only really move them. Which makes it easier for her to weave them into other outfits. All in all, this is a very versatile power that has plenty of flexibility and versatility if Shannon puts it to good use. She could fight some of the stronger Meta-humans evenly using her skill, creativity, and intelligence. Abilities in her potential are... [i]Hair-Manipulation.[/i] Shannon will gain complete control of the hair of herself and others. She can alter, grow out, chance texture, color, etc., shape and manipulate it as if it was appendage, weave the hair into different shapes, etc. Along with the ability to alter the tensile strength of hair. But she cannot tear the hair off people. [i]Make-up Manipulation.[/i] Shannon will be able to telekinetically control various make up products (Eye-shadow, Lipstick, Mascara and so on). Whether it has been applied or not. [i]Jewelry Manipulation.[/i] An extension of her clothing manipulation, she can control jewelry, specially the metal and gemstones. This power is limited to only moving it. [b]Weaknesses/Drawbacks:[/b] For starters, Shannon can't pull clothes out her ass, while it's pretty much everywhere, there might not be enough resources for her to work with all the time. Shannon’s ability to manipulate the properties of clothes requires an active concentration to maintain, rather than just flicking her wrist and being done with it. If she loses concentration, the effects will begin to fade. It also takes far more effort to induce and maintain the more extreme changes in property, for example if she makes a single thread have the tensile strength of diamonds, it’ll take a fuckload of effort to keep it that way. In any case, fire and corrosive elements can easily destroy the clothes she's manipulating, regardless of any changes in property. Shannon's power has an effective-range of around twenty-five meters, she has difficulties using her powers outside this range. While she can pretty much make an outfit knife/bullet proof, it won't stop a punch or a really hard blow. [b][u]Other:[/u][/b] [b]Themesong:[/b] [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=li-adM-qOwI]Massive Attack - Black Milk[/url][/hider] [hider=Samson Jeross (RP: City of Gold ver. 1)][u][b]Basic Information[/b][/u] [b]Name:[/b] [i]Samson Isiah Jeross Jr[/i] [b]Nickname/Alias/Etc:[/b] [i]Glorious/Punished Phoenix, Sam, Sammy, Kid[/i] [b]Gender:[/b] Male [b]Age:[/b] 23 [b]Height:[/b] 6'2 [b]Weight:[/b] 182 [b]Faction:[/b] SAM (Ironic, isn't it?) [b][u]Appearance[/u][/b] [b]Hair Color:[/b] Black [b]Eye Color:[/b] Brown [b]Ethnicity:[/b] African American/Jamaican [b]Physical Appearance:[/b] Samson is a large, intimidating force. He's a very large, muscular, good looking. The kind of person you wouldn't want to mess with. People who encounter him immediately realize that he's quite the gruff person. Despite this, Samson emanates an aura of kindness, determination, that betrays this rough appearance. He seemingly appears like the leader of any group, who'd rush out and have an adventure. Samson obviously appears to be African-American, his skin is a very dark shade of brown, nearly black. Upon close examination, people may realize that his skin is coated in large, black freckles. He also has plenty of scars on his body, obviously implying that he's been in several brutal battles in the past, and implies that he has injuries that he shouldn't have been able to survive. He has a massive slashing scar at his gut, that appears on his gut and his back. Like he was impaled, but survived, or did he? Other than that, Samson has a variety of knife scars on his arms, and chest. There's a conspicuous scar of a slash across Samson's throat that implies that his throat has been sliced before. Finally, there's a scar that encompasses Samson's foot, right above the ankle, implying that it's been cut off. That out of the way, he has an intricate pattern of tattoos. The first tattoo that he has is on his right cheek. It appears to be an eagle with it's wings spread, covered in flames that are angled downwards. Like the phoenix is taking flight. The other tattoo he has is on the left side of his chest. This tattoo is of the sun and is very tribal-like. The "flames" of the sun extends far enough to reach his shoulder, belly and the top of his neck. His arms are covered in a tribal-style wreath of flames, starting below his shoulder, going up to his hands. Samson is quite the attractive fellow. His facial features are very strong, and bulky. Samson has a tear-drop shaped head, and square shaped face. His head seemingly gets smaller as someone would go down. His chin looks odd compared to the rest of his face. His chin seems to stick out from the bottom of his head. It's appears to be much larger than average and is a double chin. He has a very sharp and pronounced jawline. His cheeks are wide, in almost all other categories they are average. His nose is mostly medium/average sized, he has a very long nose bridge. His lips are thin and small, most people won't find his lips to be too noticeable. His eyes are small, colored brown and usually has a look of determination in them. Samson has long, straight hair that is a deep black color, and styled in the fashion of thick dreadlocks. These dreadlocks hang off the back of his head. [b]Attire:[/b] Samson has a lowly, out of the town style of clothing. He likes to wear jackets of any kind, and jean pants. Most of the time he does try his best to wear something different every day. There's several things consistent about him when he goes out is three things. Samson wears a tan straw-hat fedora with a string that hoists it to his head. He's absolutely never seen without this hat. This hat is either resting on the top of his head, or hanging off the back of his neck hoisted by that string. Samson's always wearing gold-tinted goggles over his eyes, it helps with his power a bit. Especially when he's flying around, he likes to keep bugs out of his eyes. [b][u]Personality[/u][/b] [b]Outward & Innate Personality:[/b] Naturally people see Samson as a good person, the kind of guy who always makes people seem at ease. He displays an impressive amount of leadership skills, and is charismatic enough to make allies very easily. He looks out for his friends, and will never leave a man behind. Samson is always a determined person, when ever he gets into something he'll always see it through. Even if it's stupid or won't end well for him. In his eyes everything will end well in one way or another. Apart of his upbringing also demands that he never (consciously) break a promise. Samson has a code of honor that he set up for himself. He'll always show honor to people and never will he disgrace or trick people - Even if they're his opponents. In truth he only has this honor system to make himself seem important and good compared to everyone else. Samson is a strong, hardened person, who has been strengthened by what he's been through in the past. He tries to never show weaknesses, and always appear at his prime, even if he's in the middle of some pretty damaging emotional and physical trauma. Thus, he's the kind of guy who never lets people into his "fortress", nor will he share his feelings, unless he really has faith and uppermost trust in someone. He's very slow to anger, and tends to brush most insults off very easily, but once he gets really fired up, he tends to be quite hard to control, and may lose rational thought. He's a guy that's just a natural born warrior. He grew up fighting to defend himself, and hell, he really had experience to teach him. In fact, this goes far enough that the man grew up with a love for combat, and the rush he gets from it. Samson really believes that he's so powerful, that most basic opponents are just a breeze for him. He long for an opponent that could match him, a challenge that he needs to give his all to overcome. Which was apart of the reason that he joined SAM - He sees that opponent in the Skulls. When Samson fights, he fights with zero regards for himself and his personal safety, as he believes himself to be invincible. Anything hits him, he'll heal, and if he gets killed, he'll come back. [b]Skills/Talents:[/b] Samson has a few. Samson has earned his red-belt in Karate, and is a very good fist fighter, experience had taught him to be good. He practices often. His body is also seemingly at his prime from all the strength training he's done. Apart of his self-training, Samson has picked up a few medical skills, just in case, and knows how to use a first aid kit. He knows how to use a gun, and has acquired his gun license, not that he needs to use a gun. His aim is pretty b*tchin'. [b]Prized Possession:[/b] His straw-hat fedora. [b]Quote(s):[/b] [i]"Look, kid, my father was one sh*tty guy, but he had some wisdom. He told me to always see things through, never give up, and never show weakness. And I'm passing that little tidbit over to you."[/i] [b]History/Bio:[/b] Samson grew up in a less than ideal setting. His family was poor, and barely affording the house they got, obviously Samson grew up in the "ghetto" I may say. Gang violence was rampant, and it just wasn't the best environment to raise a child. That said, Samson was the first child that Elena and Samson Jeross Sr. had. His parents also weren't the best two people to be raising a child. Samson's father had absolutely zero parenting skills, and his mother was a heroine addict. A few years after he had been born, his younger brother, Hector, was born, but this was around the time his parents split up, and it wasn't a technical divorce. It was the usual "one parent takes one child" cliche, Samson's father took him, while his mother kept Hector. Samson was mostly left alone when he grew up, without the proper guiding hand of a parent. Naturally, Samson and his father barely interacted. Except in the Dojo. You see, Samson's father got by by running a karate Dojo, and dedicated his life to learning martial art. He forced Samson to learn Karate, lashing out against him every time he failed. Which made him develop a determined, "always see it through" mindset. But his father was never really there, so Samson had to look in other places. Where he didn't see a father in his own flesh and blood, he saw a father in a longtime friend Shayton Ezui. Shayton acted like Samson's mentor, and helped develop him into the man he is now. Hector on the other hand, had a parent and loving mother, but she wasn't a proper parent due to the addiction to heroine. There isn't too much more to go over, since, they didn't have their powers yet. Several years later, when Samson was in his mid-teens his powers developed... rather explosively, we may say. He was in the middle of a heated arguement with his father at his Dojo, and at the peak of Samson's anger, he exploded in fire. Transforming into a beautiful fire bird. Absolutely incinerating the Dojo, and scared the piss out of him. The police arrived on the scene and immediately opened fire on Samson. The polices didn't damage him, but he knew that he should get out of there, he didn't have a good enough grasp on his power, but he knew that birds fly. Unfortunately, his power inconvenienced him greatly, mid-flight, he transformed back into his human form, and fell several stories onto the ground, and unfortunately, to his death. Exploding into a cloud of flames and ash. This wasn't the end of Samson's story, oh no. Weeks later, the ash gathered, and he was reborn from the flames and ashes. He was completely fine, but, predictably, he was pretty traumatized by this turn of events. He was screaming like a maniac while realizing he came back from the flames. Immediately, he limped back to his home, stark naked, and surprised his father who had believed he had ran away. He explained everything that happened to his father, who was just in shock learning that his son was dead. That's when they both decided on two things; they were to keep this turn of events strictly a secret, and Samson would learn to control his power. That's when he decided to train, and learn how to use this ability. The first thing he did was get such a grasp over his ability, that he didn't have anymore accidental activations. Over the years, he managed to get such a degree of skill over with his ability, and mixed his karate teaching with his power. Samson managed to explore his ability to such an extent, that he was a force to be reckoned with. A powerhouse. Things changed after Samson had learned that his little brother, Hector, had developed his power, among a hoist of other incidents. Hector had been sexually abused for years by one of his mothers boyfriends, who was paying his mother to keep a blind eye to this, in order to stay afloat. Another interesting thing Samson learned about his younger brother was that he was acting as a vigilante as a form of escapism. This escapism quickly turned grim as his power was outed to the public after several people died during one of his stunts. The exact incident was that Hector raided a crackhouse to bring several drugdealers to justice, and as it was expected, everyone with a gun just turned it on Hector. A massive battle ensued, which destroyed the building, killing everyone in it. Samson managed to catch word of where Hector would strike next, and he just had to get Hector out alive. Unfortunately, he came upon the situation at the worse moment, but managed to save Hector by turning into a phoenix and flying away before the cops arrived. While Hector came out alive, he came out traumatized and guilt-ridden, on top of the trauma of the sexual abuse. To the point where he was about to commit suicide where he stood. This massive loss of life caused a big scare in the city, and the police were dispatched to kill Hector on sight. This was where Samson had no choice but to step in. The life Hector was living would only end with him dead. With the police gunning for him, there was only one organization that could help them: The Society for the Advancement of Mutants. He and his brother joined the organization to put their powers to good use, and to protect themselves from the growing prejudice. Since then, Samson and Hector have dedicated themselves to helping the cause of SAM. Fighting the skulls in increasingly brutal battles. [b][u]Abilities[/u][/b] [b]Power:[/b] [i]Phoenix.[/i] Putting it plain and simple, Samson is a fire-bird. Samson possess a wide array of fire-based abilities. First and foremost, the obvious fire-bending ability. Samson is a high-level pyromancer, capable of several techniques. He can create near infinite amounts of fire, move fire, control the heat and intensity of fire, solidify flames, cause explosions of fire, generate heat, etc. This might seem useless, but his flames can be any color that he wants it to be. One unique trait that Samson has is that his flames only burn what he wants it to burn, everything else will get a soothingly warm heat attached to it. Thus making friendly-fire (No pun intended) a nonissue. He is immune to the effects of heat, he can stand in a volcano like it's nothing. The second phoenix ability that Samson possess is regeneration. Samson's kept at his prime because of his constantly regenerating cells. His regeneration isn't on par with, say, wolverine. But wounds will heal amazingly fast. Any wound he gets will be wreathed in fire, until the wound is gone. Samson can heal small wounds instantly, moderate wounds in seconds, and major wounds in minutes. Samson's tears have a healing property, thus, if he cries on someone, their cells will be repaired and healed. Finally, Samson is capable of transforming into the legendary fire-bird itself. The first trait of this ability is that this transformation is less like a transformation, and more like a mech-suit. It builds a creature made out of solid flames, while keeping Samson, the core, protected. Any damage that the phoenix body will receive will not transfer to him, but his phoenix body possess the same degree of regeneration that Samson does. His Phoenix-form has the exact appearance of a Bearded Vulture (Except made of fire!). Down to the wings, beaks, talons, and other features. His Phoenix form is large, standing at 14ft tall and having a wingspan of 24ft. His phoenix form is insanely hot and bright, casting a light in all directions. Obviously, the first thing Samson can do while in Phoenix mode is fly. While he's not that agile or swift, he can go quite fast (120 Mph). This Phoenix form gives Samson some large and powerful talons, allowing him to slash foes with superheated flames. This form also gives him a great degree of strength, capable of easily lifting cars and breaking holes in walls with little damage down to Samson. Being a phoenix also greatly enhances his pryomancery abilities. It increases the range to a macro-level, he can create more flames, and make them much hotter and more intense than before. Truly making him a threat. In Phoenix form, Samson can also control ash and soot, which is a fairly powerful element on it's own. Samson is capable of selectively transforming parts of his body into the phoenix form (Like his arms into wings) to gain some of it's power. Finally, Samson possesses the famed power of the phoenix, self-resurrection. Once killed, Samson explodes into a cloud of fire, ash, and smoke, effectively leaving no body behind. Days later, all the ash will gather, and he'll be born anew, brought back to physical state where he died. With all of his memories and his body in perfect state. Thus, Samson is more or less immortal. [b]Weaknesses/Limitations/Drawbacks:[/b] Samson's weakness is the cold, and water. Throwing water on his fire will extinguish it. Throwing water on Samson will greatly weaken all of his abilities, and cut him off from his phoenix form. Tossing him into a body of water can also be lethal, because being submerged in water will gradually drain his strength until he's power, oh, and he physically can't swim (Like in One Piece). Dying of drowning will kill Samson permanently. Other elements that extinguish flames are also effective against him. While Samson has regeneration and self-resurrection; he's not invincible. He can be killed the same ways anyone else can. You can also stop his resurrection by throwing his ashes into a body of water - Thus killing him for good. Introducing water in his ashes will also slow down his revival. [b][u]Other:[/u][/b] [/hider] [hider=All Versions of Sylvia Bertoose] [hider=Sylvia Bertoose (RP: Othergrounds)][u][b]Basic Information[/b][/u] [b]Name:[/b] [i]Sylvia Lana Bertoose[/i] [b]Nicknames:[/b] [i]The Dubstep Bomb, DJ Lana, Syl, Sylvie[/i] (she hates that name though) [b]Gender:[/b] Female [b]Age:[/b] 15 [b]Height:[/b] 5'3 [b]Weight:[/b] 137 [b][u]Appearance[/u][/b] [b]Hair Color:[/b] Silver, naturally colored Black [b]Eye Color:[/b] Blue [b]Nationality:[/b] Italian/American [b]Physical Appearance:[/b] Sylvia has a false sense of bad assery when most look at her. To get started Sylvia stands at less than average height with longer limbs compared to others with her height. She's usually thin and has a slight pot belly. It's hard to see under her choice in clothing. She doesn't have any visible muscles due to her lack of athletics. Her skin is slightly pale, and has very few scars on her. The only scale that's notable on her is the one on the back of her hand, which looks like a straight scar. Sylvia has a very rounded and heart shaped head. The top of her head is wide, compared to her chin which is thin. Sylvia has some rather full cheeks, which are the most apparent in the few times she smiles nowadays. She has an elongated nose, which is long, yet doesn't stick out too much outwardly. Generally hidden under her large sunglasses is her unnaturally large and creepy eyes. These eyes usually are blank and emotionless. They're extremely creepy. They are however a nice shade of blue like the ocean. This is why Sylvia likes to keep her sunglasses on at all times. She has full lips that are usually stuck out. Usually she has a blank or bored facial expression that breathes apathy. Sylvia has short, dyed, wavy hair. It's cut very short, and brushed over one of her eye lids. [b]Attire:[/b] Sylvia's style is generally reminiscent of punk or bad ass. Most of the time Sylvia tries to look just look like a bad ass in her fashion. Day to day her outfit changes. Generally, she wears various hoodies, and shorts for freedom of movement. Almost all the time she's seen with eyeball obscuring sunglasses. One thing she's never seen without is her massive pink headphones, attached to an iPod wire constantly. It's essential for her power. [b][u]Personality[/u][/b] [b]Outward Personality:[/b] Sylvia can be rather impulsive and abrasive. She can be easy to tolerate if most are capable of withstanding her attitude. She's the kind of person who likes to act like she doesn't care to seem cool. She'll always look like she has something better to do when she does not. Sylvia will always try to be level headed and not show emotion. Most of the time she fails, and at a joke she'll sometimes let out a small chuckle before going back to her serious composure. She tends to be ruthlessly sarcastic and will make fun out of anyone at even the slightest mistake or slip up. She's fond of cursing heavily, to the point where she just sounds like a ten year old away out of hearing range of a parent. Sylvia does have redeemable qualities. She does deeply care about the well being of those around her, and can be pleasant if some get around her attitude. Sylvia isn't very smart. [b]Hobbies/Skills:[/b] Sylvia is a natural born DJ, even at a young age she's capable of using DJ'ing equipment. She's also skilled in a few instruments (guitars, violins, pianos, etc). Her specialty is the Guitar--- She would have brought hers to the Othergrounds, but it was destroyed. For her age she also has a bit of knowledge of free running and can sprint pretty fast. [b]Favorite color:[/b] [b][u]Abilities[/u][/b] [b]Power Class:[/b] Elemental/Super-System [b]Power:[/b] [i]Dubstep Bomb.[/i] Much like her previous incarnations; Sylvia has a power related to sound. Sylvia is the Dubstep bomb. Sylvia can absorb sounds into her body and re-project them at higher volume and force. This power is known as [i]Sound Re-projection[/i]. Usually this can be painful to the ears, and will only shake up the surrounding area a little bit. She mostly uses the songs in her iPod for use with this body. However, when she's presented with a song with a heavy bass, such as dubstep, the force of her ability will increase tenfold. Which is the actual Dubstep bomb. When she uses the bomb, it has the force to send people flying away, and cause extreme vibrations to the objects around her. Most objects will be obliterated downright and people will be injured. She can also focus this into focused and aim-able blasts. Which can seriously injure someone (and throw herself off her feet). The Dubstep bomb can also heavy damage to the environment around her, and can destroy buildings with ease. The focused blasts can effortlessly blow down walls, and mangle steel. These blasts are insanely loud. Guaranteed to give anyone without protection permanent hearing damage. These blasts are 210 decibels, louder than sonic booms. There's a small aura around Sylvia that negates any negative effects from the intense sound and vibrations--- Plus shields her from the Dubstep bomb so she doesn't crush herself. Which means she won't ever get hurt by a loud sound or intense vibrations, even from external sources. This extends to any objects that she's holding (which is why the iPod she uses for songs doesn't get obliterated). Sylvia's last ability is that she can "ride" sound waves. Allowing her both super speed and flight. Possibly at the same time. She can move at blinding speeds and fly anywhere possible using sound waves. It is possible for her to reach the speed of sound. However, there's no way to avoid her killing herself, when she does reach the speed. [i]Sound Manipulation.[/i] While undergoing exploration with her ability, Sylvia has discovered her true power; the power to control and manipulate the Audio-Spectrum. Much like her previous incarnations, she has unlocked Sound Manipulation. Sylvia can alter sound at will to mimic, intensify, hush, and distort, as well warp, strengthen, echo, speed up, and slow down sound. She can easily do this just by thinking about changing the sound the way she wants to and focusing a bit. The usual, her specialty with this ability to change the volume of sound and mimic voices. She can use this power to turn heartbeats into footsteps, and make a needle dropping loud as a jet engine. Sylvia has quite a bit of versatility with this power, with a wide range of noncombat uses, in addition to everything she could to tear someone's hearing to pieces. When she uses Sound Manipulation, the air will get blurry around where she's using Sound Manipulation, which could make it obvious where she's using her power. This ability goes down several paths, with several more sub-abilities attached. All of which will be described here. Sylvia can generate sound waves out of anywhere on her body. A little bit like her dubstep bomb. She can create, literally, any sound. As long as there's people around to hear it; she can create her own songs, or even create voices out of thin air. She can do this the same way as Sound Manipulation, just by thinking about it. Which gives her quite a bit of potential in tricking people. Other than that; her sound wave generation is almost exactly like her regular sound manipulation. [i]Soundwave Vision.[/i] Next up is a support ability for her Sound Manipulation. Which will make it easier for her to control and alter sound. She can activate a special vision which allows her to see all Sound Waves in sight, and perceive them. And by perceive; I mean that if she looks at a sound hard enough, she'll be able to tell what exactly the sound is. She'll be able to see the sound waves of everything that's makes sound. Sound Waves appear as curved, wavy lines, that travel from the source, staying in place for a few minutes before disappearing. These waves are various colors, flashing brighter depending on how loud they are. Which can easily allow Sylvia to go track the source of the sound. Giving her enhanced tracking abilities. While this may have limited uses, it assists her greatly in Sound Manipulation, by helping her alter specific sounds. It also leads into another use of her Sound Manipulation. Which she can only use while using her Sound Vision. Now comes the fun part. Sylvia can alter Sound Waves at an even greater level, only with her Sound Vision. Giving her the ability to control where they exactly go. To explain; Sylvia can alter the path of sound. For example, she can make a sound go in a straight line, opposed to all around her, and only those in the sound wave's path can hear it. Sylvia can even cause sound to go in a loop. Potentially giving her the ability to use the loudest of attacks and no allies would have their hearing affected, and trick people with sound, or send messages that only those she wants to can hear. She can also control how far sound goes. Potentially making even the quietest of all sounds travel far enough to be heard from miles--- And vice-versa, you should get the picture by now. [b]Weaknesses:[/b] For her Sound Re-projection/Dubstep Bomb to work, she needs a constant source of sound. The best source of sound she has available would be music. Otherwise she won't be able to tap into her raw power source. She won't entirely powerless, as she can use the sounds that the body naturally emits. Sylvia is still affected by anything that'd normally effect sound such as the absence of air or sometimes air manipulation. Using her powers excessively in a short period of time has negative effects on Sylvia. Like she'll get really tired as if she was just running track at full speed, while rendering her temporarily mute/deaf. The more and more she uses her abilities, or if she decides to be careless and pushes it: She'll lose the ability to use her powers for hours on end, and will lose the ability to speak/hear. Oh yeah, Sylvia is also a girl that doesn't specialize in physical prowess. She's not strong and rather frail. Sylvia isn't very dangerous outside of her powers. [b]Burst Potential:[/b] Delta, Alpha and Omega [b][u]Other:[/u][/b] Sylvia is the younger half-sister of Johnny.[/hider] [hider=Sylvia Bertoose (RP: Academy 218 ver. 2)][u][b]Basic Information[/b][/u] [b]Name:[/b] [i]Sylvia Lana Bertoose[/i] [b]Nickname/Alias/Etc:[/b] [i]DJ Lana, Syl, Sylvie[/i] [b]Gender:[/b] Female [b]Age:[/b] 16 [b]Height:[/b] 5'5 [b]Weight:[/b] 107 [b]Status:[/b] Returning Student [b][u]Appearance[/u][/b] [b]Hair Color:[/b] Dyed Silver, naturally black [b]Eye Color:[/b] Blue [b]Ethnicity:[/b] Italian-American [b]Physical Appearance:[/b] Sylvia looks like a very youthful teen. She has a plain appearance more than anything, but people can call her pretty. With her heart shaped head and rather round and youthful facial features. The top of her head is wider than the bottom, with her chin being near pointy. She has rather fat and rounded cheeks, not to the point they're disproportionate to the rest of her face. Along with pointed ears, a small and angular chin, rather large and creepy blue eyes, and freckles plastering her face, she's not too bad looking. Sylvia's body isn't very intimidating, she's a small scrawny fuck that doesn't look like she has lifted anything heavy in her life. Her arms and legs are longer, and make up most of Sylvia's height. She has a slightly pale complexion, but nothing nobody would really notice. She has a few scars on her being, but they're centered around her kneecap area. Sylvia's expression is usually sleepy, or bored, or a cheeky smile. Sylvia's hair is dyed a bright, and pronounced, silver color. Her hair is straight, and usually kept very clean, it's kept in a long-straight style, and her hair is long enough to go down to her back. [b]Attire:[/b] Sylvia likes to dress herself like a stylish musician, or an artiste. Her styles tend to stand out from each other. One day she's dressing like a country singer, the next day she's gussied up like a rapper, and the next day, she's dressed up like a punk or a rave girl. That said, Sylvia isn't too picky when it comes to outfits, long as it looks good, and she stands out. Regardless of what she's wearing, Sylvia is constantly seen with an bass guitar on her back. This guitar has been painted (By herself) black and white. This guitar is very stylized with plenty of stickers and writings on it. Sometimes she's seen walking around with the case instead of it strapped around her back. Often enough, Sylvia is seen wearing pink Dre-Beats headphones over her ears with a wire attached to an iPod. [b][u]Personality[/u][/b] [b]Outward & Innate Personality:[/b] Sylvia is a great example of a parent giving their child too much freedom. Very carefree, and fun loving, but at the same time, very rude, abrasive, impulsive and foul mouthed. Sylvia speaks with a crude attitude, constantly placing profanities into her speech, and hurling insults at people for fun. When Sylvia speaks, she wants to be heard, not ignored like the rest of the world. She tries to be the cool person in a pack, and tries rather hard to look the park. Sarcastic comments, forced nonchalance, and etc. She's rather arrogant, and just sees some people as below her - Once they're below her, they're not even worth her time. Usually, Sylvia carries herself with a surprising amount of nonchalance, she rarely gets angry, but when she does, shit gets heated. Sylvia handles confrontations with a surprising amount of nonchalance, she'll brush threats off like they're nothing, or ignore them entirely (Mocking them by humming a song). When she does fight, she fights using sheer overwhelming attacks and speed, not tactics or skill. She is quite impulsive, the moments where she actually thinks something through are rare. She makes fun of people and constantly make jabs at them for even the slightest failure or misstep. Sylvia is a fan of more illicit activities. She loves to drink alcohol, and loves to party with boys. Her love of alcohol is only second to her love of music. When someone brings up a kind of song she likes, she gets more energetic than a preteen on crack. Sylvia does warm up to people quite fast, and deep down, she does care about the well being of others. Which is why when they're in danger she'll be the first to go help them. [b]Hobbies/Interests:[/b] Music is like air to Sylvia. [b]Skills/Talents:[/b] Sylvia is a natural born DJ, even at a young age she's capable of using DJ'ing equipment. She's also skilled in a few instruments (guitars, violins, pianos, etc). Her specialty is the Guitar. For her age she also has a bit of knowledge of free running and can sprint pretty fast. Sylvia was also called a super good dancer. She also has an amazing singing voice. [b]Prized Possession:[/b] Her headphones. [b]Quote(s):[/b] [i]"Not my fault you're laaame. Begone!" "I like your line of thought," Sylvia says with a smug grin on her face. "There's probably a sex-crazed maniac out there who jacks off twelve times a day to animal-meta porn." [/i] [b]Family:[/b] [list] Mother - Anne BertooseFather- Graham BertooseHalf Brother - Johnathon Valos[/list] [u][b]Relationships[/b][/u] [b]Relationships:[/b] [b]Jake & Gabe Valos[/b] | [b]Great[/b] | [b]We're like siblings![/b] | [i]"I only really knew them from my asshole brother, but I know that they're the good souls. Jake is kind and intelligent, and Gabe is tough as nails. I haven't seen these two in ages, but the last time we saw each other, we had the grandest of all times."[/i] | [b]Jaska Valos[/b] | [b]Feared[/b] | [b]Beast Child[/b] | [i]"What he turns into... it frightens me...."[/i] | [b]Deborah Termellio[/b] | [b]Great[/b] | [b]Friend[/b] | [i]"I taught Debby everything she needs to know about the violin. You can call me a master. But, I don't like how she can read everyone like a card. Like, it's impossible to keep a secret from her."[/i] | [b]Shannon Balore[/b] | [b]Bad[/b] | [b]Stranger[/b] | [i]"Yeah, she has a stick up her ass, and has one hell of a superiority complex... I met her through Debs, and I plan on keeping her at arms length, Just like she does everyone else."[/i] | [b]Valjean Vaseal[/b] | [b]Bad[/b] | [b]Rival[/b] | [i]"Just another high-school meathead, tough guy. I like kicking his ass around and taking him down a peg!"[/i] | [b]Henry Olin[/b] | [b]Neutral[/b] | [b]Acquaintance[/b] | [i]"Lizard man!"[/i] | [b]Victoria LaRouse[/b] | [b]Good[/b] | [b]Friend[/b] | [i]"Frenchie here is pretty cool. She was kind of a chucklefuck when we first met, but after I got to know her, we got along well."[/i] | [b]Karlie Davis[/b] | [b]Good[/b] | [b]Friend[/b] | [i]"Ha... I like the dress-up Girl. She's pretty chill and we've partied a few times!"[/i] | [b]Adam Blackmore[/b] | [b]Bad[/b] | [b]Teacher[/b] | [i]"He's everything annoying, and I just [b]love[/b] to screw with him."[/i] | [b]Abraham Gene[/b] | [b]Neutral[/b] | [b]Scary Black Man[/b] | [i]".... Heh. Gabe and Jake [b]really[/b] don't like this guy, but I think I'll decide for myself. If he's another Valjean, then, damn, this is going to be fun."[/i] | [b]Nicholas Raynor[/b] | [b]Good[/b] | [b]Bait[/b] | [i]"I always love it when another innocent heart walks into the school and just shits pureness. It makes it all the more fun to take away that innocence and turn him into a man. "[/i] | [b]Jago Javaunt[/b] | [b]Neutral[/b] | [b]Acquaintance[/b] | [i]"I get the feeling he doesn't like me, hehehehehehe.... He's a real super edgy type. I think he's just Valjean in training."[/i] | [b][u]Abilities[/u][/b] [b]Power Class:[/b] Elemental/Energy 8 [b]Power:[/b] [i]Sound Manipulation.[/i] Sylvia has the power to control the Audio-Spectrum. Much like her previous incarnations, she has Sound Manipulation. Sylvia can alter sound at will to mimic, intensify, hush, and distort, as well warp, strengthen, echo, speed up, and slow down sound. She can easily do this just by thinking about changing the sound the way she wants to and focusing a bit. The usual, her specialty with this ability to change the volume of sound and mimic voices. She can use this power to turn heartbeats into footsteps, and make a needle dropping loud as a jet engine. Sylvia has quite a bit of versatility with this power, with a wide range of noncombat uses, in addition to everything she could to tear someone's hearing to pieces. When she uses Sound Manipulation, the air will get blurry around the location where she's using Sound Manipulation, which could make it obvious where she's using her power. This ability goes down several paths, with several more sub-abilities attached. All of which will be described here. An ability Sylvia can learn is that she can generate sound waves out of anywhere on her body, she can create, literally, any sound. As long as there's people around to hear it; she can create her own songs, or even create voices out of thin air. She can do this the same way as Sound Manipulation, just by thinking about it. Which gives her quite a bit of potential in tricking people. Other than that; her sound wave generation is almost exactly like her regular sound manipulation. Another ability Sylvia can learn is basically a controlled form of enhanced hearing, she can turn this power on and off. She can enhance her hearing to god-like levels. Using her other abilities, she can filter out unwanted sounds and hear one specific sound. Sylvia has an invisible aura around herself that makes her immune to the negative effects of sound and vibrations. it is impossible for her hearing to be damaged no matter how loud she makes sound, and vibrations will never disorient her. This also extends to whatever items she has, and even other people if she can focus enough. [i]Soundwave Vision.[/i] Next up is a support ability for her Sound Manipulation. Which will make it easier for her to control and alter sound. She can activate a special vision which allows her to see all Sound Waves in sight, and perceive them. And by perceive; I mean that if she looks at a sound hard enough, she'll be able to tell what exactly the sound is. She'll be able to see the sound waves of everything that's makes sound. Sound Waves appear as curved, wavy lines, that travel from the source, staying in place for a few minutes before disappearing. These waves are various colors, flashing brighter depending on how loud they are. Which can easily allow Sylvia to go track the source of the sound. Giving her enhanced tracking abilities. While this may have limited uses, she can learn a few tricks that can assists her greatly in Sound Manipulation, by helping her alter specific sounds. It also leads into another use of her Sound Manipulation. Which she can only use while using her Sound Vision. Now comes the fun part. Sylvia can alter Sound Waves at an even greater level, only with her Sound Vision. Giving her the ability to control where they exactly go. To explain; Sylvia can alter the path of sound. For example, she can make a sound go in a straight line, opposed to all around her, and only those in the sound wave's path can hear it. Sylvia can even cause sound to go in a loop. Potentially giving her the ability to use the loudest of attacks and no allies would have their hearing affected, and trick people with sound, or send messages that only those she wants to can hear. She can also control how far sound goes. Potentially making even the quietest of all sounds travel far enough to be heard from miles - And vice-versa, you should get the picture by now. [i]Sound Bombs.[/i] Sylvia can make her body absorb sound, and build them up in her body, causing the area to go deaf during the buildup period. When she releases these sounds, they are released as insanely loud and powerful blasts of pure sound that are very similar to sonic-booms. These blasts are like explosions that go in all directions, but she can focus it all into one blast (That'll send her flying). She can control the force of these blasts, she can go from an uncomfortably loud blast that his like a punch, to sending people flying with bloody ear drums. At it's strongest it can shatter steel, destroy walls, and destroy people's hearing. This is her main ability she uses in fights. [b]Weaknesses/Limitations/Drawbacks:[/b] Sylvia's has a few drawbacks. For starters, use of her power starts to gradually weaken the moment she starts using it, along with dulling her own sense of hearing, and silences her voice. At the most extreme, it can render her mute, deaf, and powerless for a few hours. That is not fun. Sylvia's Sound Bombs require a lot of sound in order for her to use it, in most cases, music. She usually relies on her iPod, but if you strip her of her iPod, she can't use her most destructive ability. Sylvia's sound bombs can injure her at their most extreme, it's possible for her to crush her body parts. If she focuses her blasts into one attack, she'll send herself flying, and possibly hit an object and injure herself. Generally, Sylvia's power is extremely destructive in a fight, too destructive. She can injure allies and destroy unwanted property. Air and Vibration powers can interfere with her own power. [b][u]Other:[/u][/b] Sylvia has been attending the Academy for two years, and has already become one of the top arena fighters.[/hider] [hider=Sylvia (Freaks)]What is your name?: Sylvia Lana Bertoose How old are you?: 21 Are you male or female?: Female What do you look like?: Sylvia is a free-spirted and umimposing young girl. She's of less than-average height standing at 5'4 feet tall and is slightly overweight. She has a bit of a belly from overeating, but she's far from plump. Though her belly is easily concealed by her clothing and is very difficult to see from some angles. As expected Sylvia doesn't have any visible muscles. She is Caucasian with tanned skin with scars (none with any stories), small stretch marks and blemishes. She does have small light freckles all over her being. Sylvia's eyes are a beautiful shade of blue and are rather closed set. The tip of her ears are slightly pointed. Lastly, Sylvia's hair is black colored naturally, and is very long going down to her waist. Long ago used to have a color coded style where she either wears something white or something; she abandoned her former "White and Black" color-coded style, as of now she guns for that modest, or normal vibe. But at the same time tries to be different from the rest of the crowd. As white still reigns as her favorite color, she instead wears a plain black T-shirt, under her leather jacket that has a "biker" feel, which was procured by questionable means. Generically colored blue baggy jeans, which obviously are a few sizes too large for her, kept on with a black leather belt. And on her feet: black biker boots, still giving her that biker feel even though she was never trying in any way to look like a biker. She also wears a black traditional Basque-style beret, with headband folded in. That looks much like those cool looking artist hats. What still hangs off of her back, strapped across her shoulder is her black guitar. It's damaged with the occasional chip here and there and weathered since she had it for up to five years. Still kept around merely out of nostalgia and it's very fun (as well as she's very good at playing it). What is your power?: Sylvia can transform herself into a Sound Sprite. To elaborate; at will Sylvia can transform herself into a being of partial sound heavily related to sound waves she calls a "Sound Sprite". While in this form she's partially transparent and her color changes from different shades of purple in waves. She's immensely bright while in this form and fortunately her clothing is incorporated into her Sound Sprite form. Sylvia absorbs Sound (waves) and can use sound waves that she absorbs and release them. Creating any sound she can imagine for offensive and defensive purposes (She won't reabsorb any sound that she releases). She can also make sound waves solid for several more purposes. Such as she can create a bubble of solid sound around herself to shield herself from harm or a powerful concussive beam of sound. While a Sound Sprite Sylvia is also capable of flight. While in human and sound Sprite form, Sylvia has access to several abilities all related to sound. First off, she can "see" sound waves and perceive them. Right now they're just a bunch of wavy lines and fancy colors that sort of "wave" when there's a constant sound and glow brighter when it's loud. And by perceive I mean that if she looks at a sound hard enough she'll be able to tell what exactly the sound is. Sylvia can also manipulate sound waves when she's around them (in human form and in Sound Sprite Form). Nothing major, just that she can alter sound at will to mimic, intensify, hush, and distort, as well warp, strengthen, echo, speed up, and slow down sound. Her usual use of the power is to alter sound to create epic musics. Every sound she makes down to her heart beating literally vibrates the air inside the field. All sound around her gets altered randomly depending on her mood, a positive mood makes it less frequent while a negative mood makes it occur often. So she could be talking on the phone while pissed off and every third or so word could be deafened or echoed. Sylvia's amazing ability does come with drawbacks however. While a sound sprite she needs something air if by any chance it is removed then she'd be killed instantly. Though, this is unlikely since the only way this'd truly occur if she's launched into space. She'll be okay while human. Using her powers excessively in a short period of time has negative effects on Sylvia. Like she'll get really tired as if she was just running track at full speed, while rendering her temporarily mute/deaf. The more and more she uses her abilities, or if she decides to be careless and pushes it: She'll lose the ability to use her powers for hours on end, and will lose the ability to speak/hear. Anything else you'd like to tell me?: Sylvia is the younger sister of Johnny.[/hider][/hider][hider=Sage Lucas Pimm (RP: Academy 218 ver. 1)][u][b]Basic Information[/b][/u] [b]Name:[/b] [i]Sage Lucas Pimm[/i] [b]Nickname/Alias/Etc:[/b][i] The Heavensent, The Angel of Light, The Angel of the 218[/i] [b]Gender:[/b] Pangendered/Androgynous (Prefers either pronoun) [b]Age:[/b] 18 [b]Height:[/b] 6'1 [b]Weight:[/b] 147 [b][u]Appearance[/u][/b] [b]Hair Color:[/b] Bright Blond(e) [b]Eye Color:[/b] Green [b]Ethnicity:[/b] Caucasian - American [b]Physical Appearance:[/b] Sage has an angelic vibe. Sage is a gender-ambiguous adult in their early late teens. They choose to be an androgyne, and has traits from both girls and boys - Mostly leaning on male. They has a very feminine feel about them, they have long, flowing hair much like girls do. They have a masculine build, some say that theirs is quite similar to the bodies of males younger than them.  They have a high-pitched though boyish voice, their voice is said to be beautiful. It is fully aware of it's gender, yet they choose to appear gender neutral. Most of the time Sage gets categorized into the male-variety. Sage is very thin, and has a very scrawny and underdeveloped build. Like they don't do too much muscle-work. They have a bit of muscles on them - Not enough to take them out of the weakling category. Their body-fat isn't visible on their being. Sage has very long and slender arms and legs. They also appears to be a few years younger than what they really are. Sage has light skin, that is slightly tanned and covered in scars (none with stories). They also have an abnormally large amount of zits on them. Most of the pimples are on their face. It makes them look much less attractive. Sage has a wide-squared face, that is squared and bulky. With large, round cheekbones that are one of the first things that people notice about their face. Their head is rectangle shaped, with an average sized chin. Sage has a very sharp jawline, and has a strong double chin. Sage has small, womanly lips. Their forehead is average sized. They have a very large, and circle-shaped ears that are usually poorly hidden under it's long hair. It's ears will often pop out from under it's hair. Sage's eyes are thin, and have a bright green color. Sometimes they change from green to a glowing white color, then right back just as fast. They also appear to be very girl-like. They have a wide, medium sized nose, with large nostrils, the point sticks out a little bit. Sage's hair is back-length, and bright blonde. It's straight and flows in the wind as they walk. This contributes their girl-ish appearance. Sage has a small amount of body hair on their being. Not a notable amount, there is some blonde hair on their arms and legs, with some hair arm pits. They also appears that they don't have any hair on it's chest. It's either shaved or was never there. [b]Attire:[/b] Sage's attire changes from day to day. They normally wears gender-neutral outfits - Sometimes, people can see them wearing clothes for men. Other times they can be seen wearing the clothes of women. Their style is mostly no different than what people are often seen wearing. They're also seen wearing a large gold-colored necklace, with a large diamond attached to the tip of it. Usually Sage keeps this hidden under it's shirt. [b][u]Personality[/u][/b] [b]Outward & Innate Personality:[/b] Sage is often called an immensely gentle person. They're very nice and caring. Treating everyone they meet the same way they wishes to be treated. They speak in a polite, soft tone almost all the time. Sage can be considered shy. Because of their gender role, people have treated them much differently. They avoid approaching people unless they have reason to do. Sage doesn't have any problems with helping people. Especially those that appear to need help the most. Sometimes this has ended with them getting manipulated/taken advantage of. Sage is a peaceful person, always looking to solve problems with words rather than fight. While Sage is normally average-intelligence, sometimes they have occasional moments of air-headedness, especially when reminded of something. Most of the time, these moments will be kept in their head. Sage is pan-sexual. They can be attracted to anyone regardless of gender and roles. While Sage can be a gentle person at times... If it comes to it, then they will not hesitate to get dirty. Usually Sage is a law-abiding citizen but they will do some rather nasty things. Stealing, fighting, cheating, manipulating, etc. There is a line, though, when it's crossed, they will feel a bit of guilt and remorse. Sage is also emotionally vulnerable. When people betray, cheat, etc, them, Sage can be quite heartbroken for awhile. Sage also gets stressed, and/or nervous very easily. [b]Hobbies/Interests:[/b] Sage's interests include the piano, sandcastles, proper etiquette, the violin, the saxophone, extravagant period clothes, bees, and drama movies. [b]Skills/Talents:[/b] Sage is skilled in yo-yo tricks, playing the drums, sculpting, singing, lockpicking, and cooking. Due to their abilities, they're also training theirself in sword-fighting. Sage knows how to play two instruments, the harp and the flute. [b]Prized Possession:[/b] That diamond necklace around their neck. [b]Quote:[/b] [i]"I am Sage, the Heavensent..."[/i] [u][b]Relationships[/b][/u] [b]Family:[/b] Sage belongs to the rich and illustrious Pimm family. Sage has plenty of brothers and sisters. [b]Friends:[/b] Sage isn't the type to make friends, so they don't have too many. [b]Enemies:[/b] None [b]Lovers:[/b] None. [b]Marital Status:[/b] Single [b][u]Abilities[/u][/b] [b]Power Class:[/b] Elemental, Cosmic, & Super-System [b]Power:[/b] [i]Angel of Light.[/i] Upon receiving their power, Sage became the Angel of Light. There is a reason why it is called Heavensent. A light will come down from the sky and shine brightly around them as they transforms into their angel form. After they transforms, a bright, shining Halo, made of light will float over their head. Wings made out of a pure, white light will appear on their back. These wings are covered in long and thick feathers (which are constantly falling off, disappearing and being replaced). When fully spread these wings are fifteen-feet wide when fully extended. With these wings Sage can fly up to 60 miles an hour. Seemingly defy gravity by hovering in air without flapping their wings. Sage can control these wings just like they can control any other part on it's body. These wings are fragile and can be broken with enough force. Sage will be wrapped in an aura of a white, bright light, which can make it difficult to look directly at them. Inside of Sage is an extremely bright light that takes the appearance of a sun, known as it's inner-light. Which is important to their abilities. This light is located in their chest and alters Sage's body a bit. Mostly connected to their emotions. Such as whenever Sage gets emotional or strained, their hair will flicker, their body will get a bit hotter, or their skin will light up like a lamp. Among other minor effects. Whenever they get cut, a bright light will come out instead of blood. The Inner-light brings Sage's body heat up a bit higher, and gives them a minor-resistance to heat. It gives people near them a soothing warmth when they're near them. With this, Sage gets a light regenerative factor, small cuts will be cauterized and most bacteria will be killed. With the inner-light, it allows Sage can manipulate all light itself. They can generate, bend, shift, focus, scatter and generally manipulate light. Using this power Sage can create virtually any light of any color and wavelength. Using this ability they can turn invisible, create shields and create any light-based illusion. They can also make light solid. Solid light has the same hardness as steel, and is fairly lightweight too, but can be shattered like crystals with enough force. Using this ability they can create virtually any weapon out of light. They can also create blasts of solid light to impale or bruise foes. Sage also has few more minor-abilities outside of it's angel form. First and foremost Sage can jump much higher (up to twenty feet in one single leap) and, when descending, can land much slower, and can sort of glide distances, if I may say. Making falls less deadly. When in direct sunlight, Sage has a form of photosynthesis. It'll convert sunlight into energy and sustain itself. It won't really need to sleep or eat, none of that. Therefore, Sage only really needs sunlight and water to stay alive. It takes much longer for them to get fatigued, especially in direct sunlight. Sage doesn't get any negative effects what so ever from the sun. It won't never get skin-cancer, sunburns, that stuff - Nor can Sage possibly get blinded by light. Finally, when Sage's around, all lights get brighter/more intense, and reflective surfaces get much shinier. As they fight, lights start to get brighter and brighter as the fight rages on. Finally, Sage has the [i]'Heaven-sense'[/i] that's basically a connection to the religious side of the world. They are capable of sensing immense evil, or godly presences. Such as demons, angels, ghosts, etc. [b]Weaknesses/Limitations/Drawbacks:[/b] Now, the key to Sage's power is the aforementioned inner-light inside of it's chest. This light is powered by Sage's happiness, hope, faith, positivity... Etc. You get the picture. Now, the light grows dimmer with Sage's negativity and etc. So as Sage's emotional state plummets, so will the inner-light, and so will their abilities - Until the light is completely extinguished, and then it'll be powerless. Now, just being a little sad won't affect their abilities in any major way. They have to become something like severely depressed and/or lose confidence, to lose power. Next, that light from the sky, that gives Sage it's angel form, must reach them to allow them to transform. They can't go through solid objects or get obstructed in anyway or Sage won't be able to transform into an angel. If they go indoors while in Angel form, it will immediately revert back to their human form. This means that Sage must be out-doors at all times in or else they won't be able to access the full power. If someone were to place something above them; then they wouldn't be able to use their angel-form until the heavens are back above them. Sage's powers are the least bit stealthy, if it transform into angel form then it'll be immensely bright. The area around them will get bright as well. Sage's powers will also be much weaker during the night, and if a full moon's out, then they will lose all access to it's powers until day break. Sage also needs sunlight to stay alive. If they're deprived of sunlight for at least a day, then they'll get weaker, until they downright die. [u][b]Other:[/b][/u] A long-time student at the Academy. A returning student. [/hider]